Rage Go Dark!

Sad news coming out of the Central Hockey League today as the league confirmed that the Rocky Mountain Rage will suspend its operations for the upcoming 2009-2010 season. You can read the article at the league website which can be located at http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=3508. Many people are optimistic that the team will return for the 2010-2011 season, but you can bet that the folks in Broomfield are probably taking this news pretty hard as hockey is a pretty big thing in Colorado. I personally hope to see the Rage in the very near future and wish the organization all of the luck in the world. This recent news now means that the fate of two out of the three questionable teams to return for the upcoming season has been decided. The Bossier Shreveport Mudbugs will return to play next season while the Rocky Mountain Rage will not. Now the big question mark is stamped on the New Mexico Scorpions organization as we still do not know if they will return next season. I am hoping that they will as they are a long time divisional foe of the Jackalopes, and the division truly would not be the same without the Scorps.

In other CHL News:

• Perhaps the biggest goon in the CHL has been traded to the Tulsa Oilers. That's right; I am talking about none other than Rick Kozak formerly of the Laredo Bucks. This goon proved to be one of the dirtier players in the league last season, but maybe the Oilers can help him clean up his act a little bit before he gets into even more trouble. You can read the article at the league website which can be viewed at http://www.centralhockeyleague.com/pressroom/news/index.html?article_id=3507. This was a smart move by the Bucks in my opinion as they received two decent players, plus they got rid of Mr. Goon himself, Rick Kozak.


• The Central Hockey League is teasing some sort of addition "just for the fans" in July of this year. I am not really sure what this addition is supposed to be, but some folks at the CHL Forums seem to think that it involves Nifty or maybe even a new league forum.


• Good to see that the Jacks are staying involved with the local community in the offseason as Slapjack and members of the Jackalope front office helped deliver food with "Meals on Wheels" in Midland. The Jacks need to stay in the community as much as possible in order to hopefully grow the Jackalope fan base and expose more and more people to exciting Odessa Jackalope hockey! You can read the full story at the Jackalope website which can be viewed at http://www.jackalopes.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238:06story06&catid=69:newstory&Itemid=119.

Until next time Jack fans all I have to say is GO JACKS GO!!!